Watch NowThe Ramen Girl (2008)
08/02/2008
Romance, Comedy, Drama
1h 42m
- 65% (342 votes)
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Her romance is on pins and noodles.
Overview
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
- Robert Allan AckermanDirector
- Becca TopolScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,200,000
Revenue
$179,590
Keywords
- japan
- cooking
- language barrier
- restaurant
- restaurant owner
- family business
- interracial romance
- fish out of water
- tokyo, japan
- gaijin
- american abroad
- teacher student relationship
- expatriate
- magic realism
- broken heart
- western perspective
- culture shock
- ramen
- japanese cuisine
Top Billed Cast
Brittany Murphy
Abby
Tammy Blanchard
Gretchen
Gabriel Mann
Ethan
Toshiyuki Nishida
Maezumi
Soji Arai
Toshi Iwamoto
Kimiko Yo
Reiko
Renji Ishibashi
Udagawa
Akiko Monou
Yûya Ogawa
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Grand Master
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